WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips

• Boston, MA dream pop /shoegaze /psychedelic pop collaborative band led by Reuben Bettsak (Ex-Hyena) featuring Spenser Gralla (of Sweeping Promises), Emerald Comets “Autumn Vehicle” 2nd single from the upcoming EP “Castle Inside”
  

The second single by the Boston-based project, this time in collaboration with Spenser Gralla, departs from the blend of Dream-Pop and Shoegaze of the previous one, encapsulated in a surreal and kaleidoscopic bubble of 60’s-tinged Psychedelic-Pop, somehow echoing Zombies and The Electric Prunes, aroused by vibrant glittery keyboard flourishes, amid a syncopated heart-beating bed of resonant vivid rubbery bass throbs and shimmery guitar strums, to bloom and flicker atop a drowsy vocal confession, shifting midway through with bright mercurial melodies and stringent strains into a swaying clapping mesmerizing, staggering ride to awaken the senses and bring hope.

• Malang, Indonesia shoegaze /indie rock 5-piece CROUD “Hun’s addiction” from 2-track “DEMO MMXXIII” on Haum Entertainment
  

Debut ‘demo’ single for Indonesian noisy shoegaze noise unit Croud delivers a soaring, raging, ‘sandblasted’ wall of sound ala Swervedriver with Hum/Quicksand heady space-rock nuances, rife with angsty romantic introspection that erupts through heavily distorted mists from relentless stringent fuzzed-out guitar riffs, vibrating bass lines, and rambunctious drum beats to surround, interspersed with achingly searing high-pitched leads, sad dreamy vocals, imbued with intoxicating longings from endless desire.

• Charlotte, NC post-punk /jangle /dream pop band WINE PRIDE “Lone Flyer” from the upcoming s/t album on Crafting Room Recordings
  

Although the dreamy and nostalgic guitar pop sound, amidst moody bass pulsations, synthetic rhythm patterns, shimmering reverbs, and jangly surf-tinged inflections, is well familiar, the band tackles it with freshness and distinctive melodic sensitivity so as not to be predictable at all. Self-dubbed as ‘anxious rock performed by day dreamers’ the first glimpse from the LP unwinds a lonely-breaking romance echoing through a meandering, twinkling thread of reflective guitar melodies, laying on the lilting sway of sad throbbing bass lines, and cymbal-charged nimble drum beats, to carry wistful, angsty vocals through the distressing realization that at the end we are “Flying Alone.”

• Japan/Brazil ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscape /spacemusic collaboration, Ayami Suzuki & Carlos Ferreira “Beautiful Inertia” from cassette album “Umbilical” [Healing Sound Propagandist]
• Oslo, Norway acoustic /folk /indie pop singer-songwriter-producer Børge Sildnes, AKA Dylan Mondegreen “Let Someone In” title track of the EP “Let Someone In”
  
• Irish psych /folk rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer, Cian Nugent “Pass The Time Away” from the upcoming LP “She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living” on No Quarter
  
• Los Angeles-based guitar pop /indie rock guitarist, producer, and composer Gregory Uhlmann ’George’ from the album ‘Again and Again’ on Northern Spy Records
  
• Dublin, Ireland indie /slowcore /post-rock /dream pop duo Perlee “Wilder” from the debut LP “Speaking From Other Rooms”
  
• UK experimental /dream pop /psych-pop collective FIRESTATIONS “Undercover” first single from the upcoming album “Thick Terrain” single on Lost Map Records
  
• Italian indie /lounge /Bossanova /psych /dream pop artist from Lecce, Giorgio Tuma – ”Embracing Livia (Feat. Clarissa Rustico)” from 7″ EP “We Love Gilberto” on Elefant
  
• Zurich-based wave /psych /kraut /electronic duo Dâdalus & Bikarus – “Tous Tes Mensonges” off “Kraus is the Limit” EP [Subject To Restrictions Discs]
• Glasgow, UK soundtrack /doo-woop /experimental /garage rock band The Rotations “The World is Getting Fatter” single
  
• Somerville, Massachusetts jangle pop /indie rock /folk songwriter Doug Tuttle “Something in the Sky” from the new album “Keeping Alive”
  
• Norway-based indie rock /power pop and Elephant 6 collective affiliated band, The High Water Marks – “American Candy” single from the upcoming album “Your Next Wolf”
  
• Chinese folk /psych /indie rock /bedroom band (aka Violent Champagne), Police and Pea “Two Kinds of Bad People” from the single “Two Kinds of Bad People / The Civilized Were Burned to Death” on Beijing label Maybe Mars
  
• Brighton, UK-based lo-fi /bedroom pop /kraut /jangle /garage pop recording project of Dan Reeves (member of post-punkers Cold Pumas, and former overseer of Faux Discx label), Soft Walls “Goodbye Harmony” from upcoming 4th album “True Love”
  
• Valladolid, Spain shoegaze /indie rock /slowcore trio Hooray for Humans “Forty Kinds of Snow” single
  
• Sheffield, UK emo-pop /jangle pop /dream pop /indie-pop project of Liam James Marsh (one half of Fine), aka Kid Chameleon “The Ending Of It All” single from forthcoming LP in the Summer
  
• German C86 /indie /jangle pop band from Cologne, Die Zärtlichkeit “Ein kurzer Weg” from the upcoming first album “Heimweh Meisterwerke” on Tapete Records
  
• UK C86 /indie jangle pop DIY band The Hannah Barberas “Party from Hell” from the upcoming sophomore album “Fantastic Tales of the Sea” on Spinout Spinout Nuggets / Doo Lang Records (vinyl), Gazer Tapes (cassette) and Subjangle (CD)
  
• London, UK psych /indie-pop DIY 4-piece band Tugboat Captain “Like Caroline” single
  
• Electronic pop side project for The King in Mirrors‘ Rich May and Jonathan Troy of The Hi-Life Companion, PIER LIGHTS “I’ll Be Your Prince” from the forthcoming album “The Heart Of Everything”
  
• Gothenburg, Sweden synthpop duo The Embassy “Renegades” single [International]                                  
• Salt Lake City, Utah folk /indie rock /slowcore /dream pop duo Pale Dream “Heartache” from the debut album “Curse”
  
• London-based orchestral /psych /indie pop band, formed in 1991, led by guitarist and vocalist Alasdair MacLean, The Clientele “Blue Over Blue” from the upcoming 7th LP “I Am Not There Anymore” on Merge Records
  
• Chicago, IL guitar pop /indie rock 5-piece VARSITY “Black Ice” single
  
• Tokyo, Japan indie pop /twee /jangle pop /shoegaze band BOYISH “Let’s go to hell.” from “New Film” EP
  
• Columbus, OH indie-pop married duo The Halamays “Classic Move” new single
  
• John O’Groats, Scotland indie rock 4-piece band, Neon Waltz “Thoughts / Dreams / Regrets” single from the upcoming second LP “Honey Now” via Fierce Panda
  
• Cardiff, UK indie rock four-piece SLATE “Tabernacl” debut single on Brace Yourself Records
  
• Pittsburgh, PA alt indie rock band Silver Car Crash “Pleasure Zone” from upcoming sophomore LP “Shattered Shine” on Crafted Sounds and Michi Tapes
  
• Bloomington, Indiana shoegaze /fuzz pop /indie /slacker rock 4-piece Negative Glow “Lite-Brite” from the debut cassette EP “VOLUME 1” on Let’s Pretend Records x RTR Tapes
  
• Providence, Rhode Island lo-fi /bedroom pop solo project El Valerie “Red As Wine” from the album “Pan-American Pop” on Mint400 Records
  
• Lyon, France new wave /indie pop project, Cosmos70 “We never know” single                                                 
• Tokyo, Japan ambient /post-rock /dream pop /indie rock /shoegaze band BUTOHES “Height” from the second EP “to breathe”
  
• Leeds, UK lo-fi /dream pop /indie rock artist Joel Johnston AKA Far Caspian “The Last Remaining Light“ single off upcoming album “The Last Remaining Light” on Tiny Library Records
  
• Canadian dream-psych-pop duo from Toronto, TWIN RAINS “You’re The Only One” single
  
• Los Angeles-based shoegaze /trip-hop /dream pop project of Cold Shower’s musician and producer Chris King, KAI TAK “Cherry Waves (feat. Chelsey Boy)” new single
  
• Manchester, UK indie rock /dream pop solo project Warahenege “Bleached in the Sun” single
  
• Los Angeles based dream pop husband and wife duo, Daniel Knowles and Jennifer Farmer, AKA The Know “Me” from “EP2”
  
• Krakow, Poland experimental Dream Pop /Shoegaze band Strangers In My House “Sweet Relief” the second single from the upcoming LP
  
• Edinburgh, Scotland ambient /dream pop /psych /post-rock /shoegaze duo Sun Shines Cold “Sundowning” from the vinyl 12″ debut album “Echoes of a Former Life”
  
• Savannah, Georgia-based ambient /post-rock /shoegaze /dream pop singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brent Collins, AKA Slo Moon “Existence” single
  
• Minneapolis dream pop /noise rock /shoegaze band She’s Green “Smile Again” single
  
• Atlanta, GA alt rock /dream pop /shoegaze band The Deepest Shade “Realize” single
  
• Leeds, UK & Riga, Latvia-based noise-gaze /shoegaze outfit Last Victorian Death Squad “Sunshine” from the EP “Little Richard/Sunshine” CD on Shore Dive Records
  
• Italian shoegaze /dream pop band from Milan, Novanta “Magic Youth (ft. The Sensitive Club)” single off upcoming album “Punk for Introverts” on Factory Flaws
  
• L.A. alt rock /noise /dream pop /shoegaze 5-piece Draag “In The Space Of Time” from the “Dark Fire Heresy” LP
  
• Argentinian indie /dream rock duo from Buenos Aires, RIEL “El Fin” single from the new album “Principio del Fin” on Casa del Puente Discos / Buen Dia Records
  
• Portland, OR noise shoegaze 4-piece band TIRED “Loom” new single
  
• Nashville, TN noise /post-rock /shoegaze /doomgaze trio LOCKSTEP “Hunger” second single from upcoming debut LP “Arrival”
  
• Rochester, NY blackgaze /slowcore /doomgaze duo Weeping Wheel “The Lost Art Of Digging A Shallow Grave” from debut s/t EP
  
• London based goth /shoegazey /alt-rock band The Silent Era “Scorpio” single
  
• Queens, NY indie/ garage/ grunge-gaze band led by Robert Preston Collum, PINK MEXICO “Shame” from the album “Mirrorhead” on Quiet Panic
  
• Pachuca, Mexico post-rock /dream pop /shoegaze 4-piece Last Videotape “Slowbroke” first single from the upcoming second LP
  
• Belgian shoegaze /dream pop band founded by Elena Lacroix, Eosine “Digitaline” from “Coralline” EP
  
• Bristol, UK noise pop /shoegaze /alt pop rock duo INDIGOS “Drug Dealer, Faith Healer” single from upcoming new EP “IN UTOPIA”
  
• Austin, TX noise-pop band DAIISTAR “Tracemaker” single on Fuzz Club
  
• Wellington, NZ bi-lingual shoegaze /indie rock /death-pop band Hail, Meteor! “Autumn Sees You” from “4th Horse” EP
  
• Swedish space blues /psych /post-rock instrumental band Orsak:Oslo “069 In What Way Are You Different” from the album “In Irons” on Vinter Records
  
• Glasgow, Scotland cinematic /neo-psychedelic-rock band Helicon “Château H” from the third LP “God Intentions” on Fuzz Club Records
  
• Portland, Oregon experimental /noise /garage /psychedelic /garage band led by Steve Gunn (The Hospitals, The Hunches), Lavender Flu “I Am Not Willing” off the “Assorted Promenades” EP 12″ [Total Punk Records / MindMeldRecs]
• São Paulo, Brazil psychedelic rock band BIKE “Santa Cabeça” from upcoming LP “Arte Bruta”
  
• London, UK indie rockers YOWL – “Virile Crocodile Sweat” single on Clue Records
  
• Bordeaux-based Garage Rock /Surf Punk trio Stoner Bud’s – “Surfin’ The Concrete” from “Vampires” LP out May, 5th 2023 on Flippin’ Freaks Records.
  
• San Fernando (Cádiz), Spanish power pop /punk pop trio Los Hermanos Dalton “Odio los lunes” (Boomtown Rats cover) off 7″ EP “Dije cara y eso salió” via Hurrah! Música
  
• Melbourne-based jangly /post-punk band Life Strike “Giving up the Ghost” off the upcoming sophomore album “Peak Dystopia” via Stable Label (Australia) and Bobo Integral (ROTW)
  
• Adelaide, Australia post-punk /indie rock six-piece Wireheads “Hook Echo” from the upcoming sixth album “Potentially Venus” via Tenth Court
  
• Melbourne Post-Punk /New Wave /Garage Indie Rock band Virgin Mary Disco “Automation” single
  
• 5 piece indie rock /punk rock band from Los Angeles, Spanish Love Songs “Smile Like You Mean It” from the EP “Doom & Gloom Sessions” on Pure Noise Records
  
• Australia’s four-piece garage rock outfit Girl and Girl “All I See” single on Sub Pop Records
  
• Portland, OR indie rock /dream pop group Starover Blue “Afterglow” single
  
• Chicago‘s ambient /piano musician and composer Gia Margaret “Cicadas” from the upcoming “Romantic Piano” album on Jagjaguwar